Jesus Doesn't Need A Rebrand - Part 02
...If the message doesn’t have lights,
If the preacher doesn’t rhyme,
If the singer isn’t “branded” enough,
You say it’s not Spirit-filled.
Since when did the Holy Ghost depend on your playlist?
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Categories:
rebrand, 12th grade, age, allusion,
Form: Spoken Word
Jesus Doesn't Need A Rebrand - Part 01
...Let’s stop pretending.
This isn’t evangelism.
This is idolatry in disguise.
You’ve baptized compromise and called it creativity.
You’ve clothed rebellion in relevance,
And made God’s altar a sta...
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Categories:
rebrand, age, america, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Spoken Word
Self-Portrait with My Shoebill Friend as We Rebrand Spirituality
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This time,
Janice is wearing a priest collar
and I’m the altar.
She hisses when I open my Notes app
during communion,
calls me a heretic
for spellchecking my trauma.
I tell her my whole pe...
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Categories:
rebrand, extended metaphor, identity, myth,
Form: Free verse
Interview with a Barnacle
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The recorder clicks on.
What made you stay?
I didn’t stay.
I fastened.
I was made to fasten.
And if you're made to fasten,
you look for something moving.
Something strong enough...
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Categories:
rebrand, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
empire
...grab them by the blank
never have to vote again~
liberty rebrand...
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Categories:
rebrand, america,
Form: Senryu
We the missus and I kvell for Katz TOASTER PASTRIES
...We (the missus and I) kvell for Katz TOASTER PASTRIES!
I prefer to craft a poem
for no rhyme nor reason
expressing heartfelt pleasure
to our highly refined palate
versus presenting tasty, yumm...
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Categories:
rebrand, america, appreciation, blessing, family,
Form: Rhyme
RED
...RED
One hundred years ago in Pollockshaws
A man was laid to rest,
From humble beginnings to a martyr
They buried Scotland’s best.
A man who stood for the people
A man unshaken and proud,
T...
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Categories:
rebrand, anger, appreciation, community, education,
Form: Rhyme
When the Weather is Fine
...Do something nice when the weather is fine, skip and jump and hop about, raise your voice, throw your hands in the air and begin to shout; run to the top of the mountain and share the good tidings; t...
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Categories:
rebrand, adventure, america, blessing, boat,
Form: Narrative
ABout God
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About God
By David N. Donihue
Respected for his inventions
Feared in response to his documents
Loved in response to a hatred of the world
Denied in response to a hatred of the worl...
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Categories:
rebrand, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Root Chakra Affirmation Poems- Bloodstone
...Bloodstone
Band the status quo
Letting go of the ego
Overpowering the negative energy
Offering thyself a torch to see through the dark
Doing my best and playing my part
Self and Soul have b...
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Categories:
rebrand, angel, confidence, destiny, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Dear Me
...Dear me
I have been picking up
All the broken pieces
Of my life
Always putting in place
All that has fallen off my vain
I knew who I am and that is the source
Of my movements
I will ne...
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Categories:
rebrand, africa, confidence, dedication, inspiration,
Form: Epic
The Brightest One
...At water’s edge, this rocky chasm shore.
I am Belisama, numen of lakes and rivers,
or sometimes Brigit of mystic phasm lore.
I am the brightest one, the fiery one who delivers.
To the Romans I ...
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Categories:
rebrand, christian, god, memory, myth,
Form: Sonnet
A Hellish Path To the Grave
...The candle light never stopped burning for aeons ago,
A hushed rustle of applause testified to a widespread approbation,
That was on the day he was certificated in the University,
Indeed, he was a...
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Categories:
rebrand, anger, death, education,
Form: Free verse
This Body of Mine
...THIS BODY OF MINE
Woe upon woes offing
To my creator I owe a debt
After this voyage of mine on earth
And I, to this burden of death endureth.
Woe upon this body of mine
‘Tis a stinking sand...
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Categories:
rebrand, funeral,
Form: Elegy
O' Pardons Canada
...Surfing new releases
On the poetry site
When up popped a new ad
To my sheer delight!
From "Pardons Canada"
All flashy and red
Replete with maple leafs...
Sold! On I read.
"Need a Canadian p...
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Categories:
rebrand, fun, sorry,
Form: Light Verse
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